Metro Exodus now Epic Games exclusive (UPDATE FROM 4A)

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Are you purchasing Metro Exodus on Epic Games or Steam? Or at all?

Steam
6 (28.6%)
Epic Games
2 (9.5%)
Not purchasing
13 (61.9%)

Total Members Voted: 21

Author Topic: Metro Exodus now Epic Games exclusive (UPDATE FROM 4A)  (Read 2110 times)

http://www.metrothegame.com/news/epic-games-store-announcement/
https://youtu.be/0bCt5cl8vr8

Deep Silver has removed Metro Exodus from the Steam Store only three weeks prior to release, and relegated exclusivity to the Epic Games Store in favor of profits. However this sudden change has deeply pissed off lots of Metro fans (myself included.) In an effort to generate profit they've blind sided themselves. Metro Exodus will sell for $49.99 on Epic Games, but will still sell for 60.00 Euros, alienating their European market. Also the Epic Games store is Online-only, meaning you can't play any of their games offline.

Deep Silver has tried to manage some damage control by saying it will come back to Steam and other platforms on February 14th, 2020, almost one year after release.

Also keep in mind that 4A games, the developer of the Metro series has had no say in this transition, and the writer for the series, Dmitry Glukhovsky, also has no say. Dmitry Glukhovsky has posted publicly he is disappointed in Epic Games for damaging his franchise.

/discuss



Update from 4A about the situation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/amfl65/metro_dev_if_at_all_all_the_pc_players_announce_a/?st=jrntuxn5&sh=9113467c
« Last Edit: February 02, 2019, 12:35:02 PM by Ceist »

Now they wil get my 0% of their 88%

Dauntless, a "F2P Monster Hunter" is also migrating to Epic Games Store. Currently you do not have to link your account as it is currently opt-in. Apparently you'll have to reinstall the whole game since Dauntless' own launcher will no longer be used. The reason being is that because they want to partner with epic in order to have the "True-Crossplay" capacities.
https://www.pcgamer.com/all-dauntless-accounts-will-be-converted-into-epic-games-store-accounts-soon

That’s an extremely stupid decision.

and relegated exclusivity to the Epic Games Store in favor of profits.
LOL



I was planning to save up a bit of money to get this game on steam
Now I guess not

0 IQ
0 iq publisher decision, agreed

should have done for subsequent releases, not for a game already promised to be on steam. the reason for the long wait is probably epic games signing a deal with them for less % of revenue taken by them, in return for exclusivity for a year. in the end epic games wins cause the publisher gets forgeted over by angry gamers

0 iq publisher decision, agreed

should have done for subsequent releases, not for a game already promised to be on steam. the reason for the long wait is probably epic games signing a deal with them for less % of revenue taken by them, in return for exclusivity for a year. in the end epic games wins cause the publisher gets forgeted over by angry gamers
meh not really. they both lose by losing rep with the community.

im gonna feel bad for all the brothers who bought games on the epic launcher, they're gonna lose access to their games :(




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